UN WOMEN Jobs - 81120- International Consultant

International Consultant

Advertised on behalf of

UN WOMEN

Location :

Addis Ababa, ETHIOPIA

Type of Contract :

Individual Contract

Starting Date :

26-Sep-2018

Application Deadline :

01-Oct-18 (Midnight New York, USA)

Post Level :

International Consultant

Duration of Initial Contract :

21 days with in a period of one month

Languages Required :

English

Expected Duration of Assignment :

21 days with in a period of one month

UNDP is committed to achieving workforce diversity in terms of gender, nationality and culture. Individuals from minority groups, indigenous groups and persons with disabilities are equally encouraged to apply. All applications will be treated with the strictest confidence. UNDP does not tolerate sexual exploitation and abuse, any kind of harassment, including sexual harassment, and discrimination. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks.

Background

In December 2013, civil war broke out in South Sudan, due to a power struggle between President Salva Kiir Mayardit and his deputy Riek Machar, who was accused of instigating a coup. Despite concerted efforts by the international community to restore peace and unity, fighting continues and the entire country is engulfed by conflict. From the outset of the crisis, gross violations of human rights and serious breaches of humanitarian law have occurred on an unprecedented scale. These include torture and summary executions; systematic sexual assault and rape of women and girls; forced recruitment of children as soldiers; attacks on civilians and aid agencies’ assets and property; looting of humanitarian supplies; and, consequently, widespread livelihood disruption and devastation.

The number of South Sudanese refugees is likely to rise given the desperate situation in the country. There are widespread food shortages. 4.8 million people- more than one-third of the total population- are food insecure. There are recurrent disease outbreaks, including of cholera. The provision of education, healthcare, policing and other essential public services has been severely disrupted. Given these circumstances, the people of South Sudan have no choice but to seek refuge in neighboring countries, as should they stay in their homeland, the threat to their lives is both real and severe.

As signatory to the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, the 1967 Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees and the 1969 OAU Convention Governing the Specific Aspects of Refugee Problems in Africa, the Government of Ethiopia provides protection to people fleeing from South Sudan. Ethiopia is currently hosting 423,888 South Sudanese refugees in Gambella, a region in the West of the country bordering South Sudan. The overwhelming majority (88 per cent) of the refugees are women and children who face distinct protection needs.

Stemming from the shift towards a rights-based approach to humanitarian aid in the 1990s and more recently formalized by the Inter-Agency Standing Committee’s (IASC) Transformative Agenda of 2012, the call for greater accountability to affected populations (AAP) now figures prominently in the policies, programming, and practices of humanitarian actors. What began as a little more than a fashionable term in humanitarian discourse with only vague implications has now developed into a set of standards, commitments, and action plans that strive to strategically place affected populations at the heart of humanitarian programming. At its core, AAP is about systematically and meaningfully engaging the recipients of aid into all stages of the humanitarian programming cycle, ensuring they have a voice and a hand in the decisions that affect their lives. For humanitarian actors, this requires respect, transparency, and a willingness to work with affected communities, and also be influenced and judged by them. In practice this entails including beneficiaries in needs assessments, programme design, delivery, monitoring and evaluation; establishing open channels of communication for feedback and information sharing; and facilitating participatory processes for decision making and mutual learning. Doing so is not only fundamental to humanitarian principles, but also a practical means to improve the quality and effectiveness of humanitarian aid and ultimately the sustainability of aid programmes. While proximity to and dialogue with affected populations have always been part of the working modalities of international community to ensure that community-based protection (CBP) approaches are integrated more systematically into its response. Engaging with communities in this way not only aims to help strengthen their resilience by reducing their exposure to threats and to harmful coping strategies but is also seen as a crucial component of being accountable to affected populations in order to better understand their needs and protection concerns, recognizing that they are the ‘experts’ on their own situation, and taking their capacities and views into account in defining response. For this end UN Women would like to hire a consultant Design and Implementation of two trainings on Accountability to affected populations AAP/ Protection against sexual exploitation and abuse (PSEA), Communications with Communities (CWC)& community-based protection (CBP).

Duties and Responsibilities

Under the overall oversight of UN Women Deputy Representative, the consultant will conduct the following tasks:

A. Phase I: Preparatory

Review different country reports on humanitarian and protection situation in Ethiopia including information on national PSEA network.
design different required training manuals and handouts for the two mentioned trainings.

B. Phase II: Delivery

Conduct ToT training on AAP/PSEA and CWC for 25-30 participants in Addis Ababa.
Conduct general training on AAP/PSEA and CBP for 30 participants in Gambella.

C. Phase III: Reporting

Develop a power point presentation on AAP/ PSEA based on the needs identified during the training for orientation purposes.
Tested and approved training manual for ToT and short AAP/PSEA orientation sessions.
Draft/Final training report

Competencies

Demonstrates integrity and fairness by modelling the UN’s values and ethical standards.
Commitment to UN Women’s mission, vision, values and strategic goals.
Displays cultural, gender, religion, race, nationality and age sensitivity and adaptability.
Treats all people fairly without favoritism.
Fulfils all obligations to gender sensitivity and zero tolerance for sexual harassment.

Required Skills and Experience

Qualifications and Experience

At least 5 years’ experience in protection work in humanitarian settings.
Designing and implementing protection and AAP programming, including communicating with community’s programs, advocacy and/or beneficiary communication.
Designing and implementing protection and humanitarian trainings and training material.
Working in complex political and humanitarian contexts.
Experience analysing data and information about context and affected populations, including mapping power structures; target stakeholders; information/communication flows; etc.
Developing and implementing relevant information, consultation and complaints and feedback mechanisms.
Working with and understanding of the international humanitarian and development systems, including the UN system.
Communicating and reporting in English.